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Repetitive Sequences in Pear

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The Pear Genome

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Repetitive sequences account for a large proportion of the pear genome, suggesting that they play critical roles in the evolution of Pyrus. One form of repetitive sequences is transposable elements, which have been predominantly investigated thus far, including DNA transposons and retrotransposons. Approximately 22.5% of the ‘Bartlett’ genome (P. communis) and 42.4% of the ‘Suli’ genome (P. pyrifolia) are reported to be Long Terminal Repeat (LTR)-retrotransposons (LTR-RTs). Thus, investigation of transposable elements will offer new insights of the evolutionary history of Pyrus. LTR-RTs exhibit high heterogeneity and their copy numbers vary with the Pyrus species. The dynamics of LTR-RTs are an important source of genetic variation in Pyrus species. As of now, the function and development mechanism of transposable elements have not yet been fully understood. In this chapter, advances of transposable elements in Pyrus are presented and discussed.

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  1. The State Agricultural Ministry Key Laboratory of Horticultural Plant Growth, Development and Quality Improvement, Department of Horticulture, Zhejiang University, 310058, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China

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  2. Shanghai Key Laboratory of Protected Horticultural Technology, Forest and Fruit Tree Research Institute, Shanghai Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Shanghai, 201403, China

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Jiang, S., Teng, Y. (2019). Repetitive Sequences in Pear. In: Korban, S. (eds) The Pear Genome. Compendium of Plant Genomes. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-11048-2_8

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